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www.chinaview.cn 2004-11-26 19:57:13
HANOI, Nov. 26 (Xinhuanet) -- Women and girls should be the focal point of the global war against HIV/AIDS, foreign and local officials said here on Friday.
"One of the objects most affected by HIV/AIDS is women and children," Ha Thi Khiet, chairwoman of the Vietnam Women's Union,said at a press conference to introduce this year's global advocacy campaign with the theme "Women, Girls, HIV/AIDS."
She called for an urgent action to minimize the increasing number of people, especially women, living with HIV via a focus onwomen and girls -- preventing new infections, promoting gender equality and mitigating the impact of AIDS.
"Women are more physically vulnerable to the infections than men," Nancy Fee, country coordinator for the Joint United NationsProgram on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) in Vietnam, said at the press conference held by the Vietnam Women's Union, the Vietnamese Ministry of Health, the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) and the UNAIDS.
There is a link between domestic violence and HIV infections, since women are victims of forced sex, and too frightened to get services and information about HIV/AIDS, she said, adding that discrimination against AIDS patients is harmful to women.
Now, nearly half of 37.2 million adults worldwide living with HIV are women, according to the latest UNAIDS report. The percentage of Vietnamese pregnant women having HIV rose to 0.39 percent in 2003 from 0.02 percent in 1994, said the ministry.
By mid-October 2004, Vietnam had detected over 86,000 HIV carriers, of whom 62 percent are in the age bracket of 20-29. Over13,600 cases have developed into AIDS, including 7,834 fatalities.
The country plans to reduce the HIV/AIDS infection rate among its 82-million population to below 0.3 percent by 2010, and keep the rate unchanged after 2020.
To this end, it is taking a series of actions, including a stronger high-profile leadership, encouraging all the society to fight against HIV/AIDS, better dealing with issues relating to drug users and prostitutes, and promoting the "ABC" prevention approach (Abstinence, Being faithful and Condom use). Enditem
HANOI, Nov. 26 (Xinhuanet) -- Women and girls should be the focal point of the global war against HIV/AIDS, foreign and local officials said here on Friday.
"One of the objects most affected by HIV/AIDS is women and children," Ha Thi Khiet, chairwoman of the Vietnam Women's Union,said at a press conference to introduce this year's global advocacy campaign with the theme "Women, Girls, HIV/AIDS."
She called for an urgent action to minimize the increasing number of people, especially women, living with HIV via a focus onwomen and girls -- preventing new infections, promoting gender equality and mitigating the impact of AIDS.
"Women are more physically vulnerable to the infections than men," Nancy Fee, country coordinator for the Joint United NationsProgram on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) in Vietnam, said at the press conference held by the Vietnam Women's Union, the Vietnamese Ministry of Health, the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) and the UNAIDS.
There is a link between domestic violence and HIV infections, since women are victims of forced sex, and too frightened to get services and information about HIV/AIDS, she said, adding that discrimination against AIDS patients is harmful to women.
Now, nearly half of 37.2 million adults worldwide living with HIV are women, according to the latest UNAIDS report. The percentage of Vietnamese pregnant women having HIV rose to 0.39 percent in 2003 from 0.02 percent in 1994, said the ministry.
By mid-October 2004, Vietnam had detected over 86,000 HIV carriers, of whom 62 percent are in the age bracket of 20-29. Over13,600 cases have developed into AIDS, including 7,834 fatalities.
The country plans to reduce the HIV/AIDS infection rate among its 82-million population to below 0.3 percent by 2010, and keep the rate unchanged after 2020.
To this end, it is taking a series of actions, including a stronger high-profile leadership, encouraging all the society to fight against HIV/AIDS, better dealing with issues relating to drug users and prostitutes, and promoting the "ABC" prevention approach (Abstinence, Being faithful and Condom use). Enditem